"Mm, did he say they're friends? Maybe she'll be more willing to talk to you if you're with Eleven," he says, musing to himself mostly as he listens to Luka describe this conversation conundrum in a little more detail.

"Well..." he starts, turning it over in his mind, thinking about what he knows of Ten and Eight. Ten seems like he speaks clearly, without playing games, and Eight is similarly straightforward. "They've been together for forty years, right? Eight probably knows what Ten means when he says something like that."